Housing - Page 50

August 6, 2019

Affluent liberals in Washington suburb resort to 'racial, economic stereotypes' to protest affordable housing proposal

Protests have erupted at one of the most affluent and liberal U.S. counties after a local government proposed increasing the availability of affordable housing in the area.

July 29, 2019

Ben Carson: Trump told me he's still willing to work with Elijah Cummings to 'bring relief' to Baltimore

President Trump is still willing to work with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to work on alleviating systemic problems in Baltimore, according to HUD Secretary Ben Carson.

July 25, 2019

HUD Secretary Ben Carson: American cities without police would resemble 'The Purge'

How would American cities look without Police officers? According to the Housing and Urban Development Secretary a lot like "The Purge" movies.

July 12, 2019

Steve Levy: Kamala Harris’ $100 billion giveaway to increase black homeownership could do more harm than good

Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination are in a competition to see who can give away the most money to the most people and expand government as much as possible – without admitting that the taxes we pay and the national debt would have to skyrocket to fund the giveaways.

July 6, 2019

Kamala Harris announces $100B plan for black homeownership, tackling racial wealth gap

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced that as president she would invest $100 billion of federal money into housing assistance for black families as part of an effort to close the racial wealth gap in the United States.

June 10, 2019

Ben Carson takes aim at red tape blamed for soaring housing costs

State and local governments are driving up the cost of housing through a web of regulations, industry groups and federal officials say – a situation that’s prompted Housing Secretary Ben Carson to call for new incentives to eliminate the red tape.

June 8, 2019

Trade union holds up Silicon Valley residential project over potential threat to birds

A California trade union is seeking to block a major residential construction project in the heart of housing-starved Silicon Valley, claiming there will be a bloodbath of birds due to the proposed building's reflective windows.

June 4, 2019

Homelessness jumps 12 percent across Los Angeles County despite $619M in spending

The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent over the past year, officials said Tuesday, despite $619 million in government spending to help alleviate the problem. 

May 22, 2019

HUD Secretary Carson wants to roll back Obama mandate on gender identity at homeless shelters

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson wants to roll back an Obama-era mandate that single-sex homeless shelters funded by his department admit residents based on their stated gender identity instead of their sex at birth, arguing that people could intentionally misrepresent their gender for malicious reasons.

May 21, 2019

Jessica M. Vaughan: Carson is right to favor US citizens in public housing

American citizens shouldn't be denied public housing that goes to illegal immigrants instead. HUD Secretary Ben Carson has a proposal to benefit US citizens.